Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the West Yorkshire region.

 Architect
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank236571
Rank change year-on-year
Up+42Up+6
Matching permanent IT job ads12866162
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire6.226 %2.819 %2.835 %
As % of the Job Titles category6.537 %2.914 %2.928 %
Salaries quoted1035295
Average salary£57,500£48,000£55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.79 %-12.72 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£37,500£42,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£55,000£80,000
UK excluding London average salary£60,000£57,500£60,000
% change year-on-year
+4.340 %-4.160 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
195822655533
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire95.23 %96.75 %96.83 %
Salaries quoted168918284647
Average salary£35,000£30,000£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,500£20,000£21,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Architect YorkshireArchitect
Yorkshire

Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Architect across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Yorkshire Architect Demand Trend

Architect
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Architect across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Architect across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

West Yorkshire Architect Salary Histogram

Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeedsUp+4284£55,000+10.00 %
WakefieldUp+713£60,000+54.83 %
BradfordUp+21--
BatleyNew entry-1--
Architect YorkshireArchitect
Yorkshire

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Architect in their job title.

161 (24.02 %)LAN
259 (23.23 %)Cisco
358 (22.83 %)Microsoft
454 (21.26 %)VMware
549 (19.29 %)Pensions
645 (17.72 %)Finance
740 (15.75 %)Citrix
740 (15.75 %)Cisco Certification
839 (15.35 %)WAN
936 (14.17 %)CCNP
1035 (13.78 %)CCNA
1131 (12.20 %)CCDP
1131 (12.20 %)Active Directory
1131 (12.20 %)SQL
1131 (12.20 %)Firewall
1230 (11.81 %)Project Management
1329 (11.42 %)Enterprise Architecture
1428 (11.02 %)CCDA
1428 (11.02 %)SQL Server
1527 (10.63 %)Internet
1527 (10.63 %)Network Security
1626 (10.24 %)Technical Architecture
1626 (10.24 %)Health
1626 (10.24 %)NHS
1725 (9.843 %)Nortel
1725 (9.843 %)MPLS
1725 (9.843 %)MS Exchange
1824 (9.449 %)VMware Infrastructure
1923 (9.055 %)Wireless
2021 (8.268 %).NET

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
121 (8.268 %).NET
211 (4.331 %)ASP.NET
310 (3.937 %)CSS
310 (3.937 %)HTML
310 (3.937 %)AJAX
49 (3.543 %).NET Framework
57 (2.756 %)Web Services
57 (2.756 %)XML
66 (2.362 %)Windows SharePoint Services
75 (1.969 %)WCF
84 (1.575 %)WF
84 (1.575 %)ASP
92 (0.787 %)SOAP
92 (0.787 %)Data Analytics Architect
101 (0.394 %)Spring MVC
101 (0.394 %)Silverlight
101 (0.394 %)LINQ
101 (0.394 %)jQuery
101 (0.394 %)Struts
101 (0.394 %)J2EE
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
125 (9.843 %)MS Exchange
216 (6.299 %)SharePoint
314 (5.512 %)SharePoint Server 2007
44 (1.575 %)iPlanet
44 (1.575 %)NetWeaver
52 (0.787 %)IIS
52 (0.787 %)Exchange Server 2007
61 (0.394 %)Jetty
61 (0.394 %)AquaLogic
61 (0.394 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (0.394 %)Apache
61 (0.394 %)Tomcat
61 (0.394 %)WebLogic
61 (0.394 %)BizTalk Server
61 (0.394 %)Documentum
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (1.969 %)MS Office
24 (1.575 %)MS Visio
33 (1.181 %)MS Excel
41 (0.394 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.394 %)MS Project
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (2.362 %)SAP IS-U
21 (0.394 %)Oracle EBS R12
21 (0.394 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.394 %)SAP CRM
21 (0.394 %)SAP Oil and Gas
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
161 (24.02 %)LAN
239 (15.35 %)WAN
331 (12.20 %)Firewall
427 (10.63 %)Internet
427 (10.63 %)Network Security
525 (9.843 %)MPLS
623 (9.055 %)Wireless
719 (7.480 %)Cisco IPT
818 (7.087 %)Nortel Contivity
818 (7.087 %)DEFINITY
914 (5.512 %)SSL
914 (5.512 %)WAAS
914 (5.512 %)BIG-IP
1012 (4.724 %)VoIP
1111 (4.331 %)ISDN
1111 (4.331 %)OSPF
1111 (4.331 %)BGP
1111 (4.331 %)EIGRP
1111 (4.331 %)Frame Relay
128 (3.150 %)IP Telephony
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
128 (11.02 %)SQL Server
216 (6.299 %)Datawarehouse
313 (5.118 %)SQL Server 2005
410 (3.937 %)MySQL
59 (3.543 %)SQL Server Integration Services
68 (3.150 %)BusinessObjects
77 (2.756 %)SQL Server 2000
77 (2.756 %)ETL
77 (2.756 %)SQL Server 2008
86 (2.362 %)DataStage
86 (2.362 %)PowerCenter
94 (1.575 %)DB2
103 (1.181 %)OLAP
103 (1.181 %)Oracle 10g
112 (0.787 %)BODI
112 (0.787 %)OLTP
112 (0.787 %)Xcelsius
121 (0.394 %)RDBMS
121 (0.394 %)Crystal Reports
121 (0.394 %)Oracle 8/8i
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.394 %)ERwin
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
149 (19.29 %)Pensions
245 (17.72 %)Finance
326 (10.24 %)Health
414 (5.512 %)Government
53 (1.181 %)Publishing
53 (1.181 %)Retail
62 (0.787 %)Telecoms
62 (0.787 %)Games
71 (0.394 %)Marketing
71 (0.394 %)Education
71 (0.394 %)Electric
71 (0.394 %)Insurance
71 (0.394 %)Police
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
126 (10.24 %)NHS
214 (5.512 %)NPfIT
37 (2.756 %)N-Tier
46 (2.362 %)Smartcard
55 (1.969 %)Data Integration
64 (1.575 %)IPTV
64 (1.575 %)Client/Server
64 (1.575 %)Cryptography
73 (1.181 %)DTV
82 (0.787 %)Management Information System
82 (0.787 %)Replication
82 (0.787 %)Video Conferencing
82 (0.787 %)iSeries
82 (0.787 %)Open Source
91 (0.394 %)Video on Demand
91 (0.394 %)Taxonomies
91 (0.394 %)Social Network
91 (0.394 %)Interactive TV
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
114 (5.512 %)Windows
29 (3.543 %)UNIX
38 (3.150 %)Linux
41 (0.394 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (0.394 %)Windows Server 2008
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
130 (11.81 %)Project Management
229 (11.42 %)Enterprise Architecture
326 (10.24 %)Technical Architecture
416 (6.299 %)Business Intelligence
512 (4.724 %)Data Modelling
611 (4.331 %)Network Design
611 (4.331 %)Migration
611 (4.331 %)Stakeholder Management
710 (3.937 %)Supplier Management
88 (3.150 %)Business Analysis
88 (3.150 %)OO
97 (2.756 %)CRM
97 (2.756 %)TOGAF
106 (2.362 %)Programme Management
106 (2.362 %)SOA
106 (2.362 %)Disaster Recovery
115 (1.969 %)Agile Software Development
115 (1.969 %)Business Continuity
115 (1.969 %)Load Balancing
124 (1.575 %)SAP Implementation
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
131 (12.20 %)SQL
221 (8.268 %)PHP
319 (7.480 %)JavaScript
417 (6.693 %)C#
515 (5.906 %)C
610 (3.937 %)PHP5
76 (2.362 %)Java
81 (0.394 %)C++
81 (0.394 %)T-SQL
81 (0.394 %)VB
81 (0.394 %)VBA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
140 (15.75 %)Cisco Certification
236 (14.17 %)CCNP
335 (13.78 %)CCNA
431 (12.20 %)CCDP
528 (11.02 %)CCDA
614 (5.512 %)MCSE
614 (5.512 %)Microsoft Certification
711 (4.331 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
89 (3.543 %)CCVP
98 (3.150 %)Security Cleared
107 (2.756 %)Degree
114 (1.575 %)CCA
114 (1.575 %)Citrix Certification
123 (1.181 %)SC Cleared
123 (1.181 %)CCSP
131 (0.394 %)CCIE
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.575 %)PCI DSS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
131 (12.20 %)Active Directory
224 (9.449 %)VMware Infrastructure
34 (1.575 %)Terminal Services
34 (1.575 %)Novell eDirectory
41 (0.394 %)ISA Server
41 (0.394 %)Hyper-V
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.394 %)NetBackup
11 (0.394 %)Backup Exec
11 (0.394 %)SCCM
11 (0.394 %)SCOM
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
159 (23.23 %)Cisco
258 (22.83 %)Microsoft
354 (21.26 %)VMware
440 (15.75 %)Citrix
525 (9.843 %)Nortel
619 (7.480 %)CheckPoint
718 (7.087 %)Blue Coat
718 (7.087 %)Avaya
718 (7.087 %)Nokia
814 (5.512 %)IronPort
912 (4.724 %)Oracle
108 (3.150 %)Business Objects
117 (2.756 %)SAP
117 (2.756 %)IBM
126 (2.362 %)Informatica
135 (1.969 %)Siemens
144 (1.575 %)Sybase
144 (1.575 %)Teradata
153 (1.181 %)Acxiom
162 (0.787 %)HP